In addition to apparently looking into hooking up with the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department (as he has done in the other places he has played) O'Neal said he took his first yoga class at Cleveland Yoga on Wednesday night.

"You've gotta do different things to stay loose,'' he said.

How did it go?

"I'm the worst yoga student in the history of yoga,'' he said.

Oh, no he's not, said Tami Schneider, owner/instructor of Cleveland Yoga on Richmond Road in Beachwood, who welcomed O'Neal to her hot yoga class on Wednesday night. The temperature in the studio was 88 degrees, with 50 percent humidity.

"He did a great job,'' said Schneider, who was reluctant to talk about the big yogi without clearing it with him first.

"He didn't affect the flow of the class at all,'' she said. "We got great vibes from him. I hope he comes back. We enjoyed having him around.''

O'Neal will have to work his yoga classes around his Cavs schedule and any possible involvement with the sheriff's department, where he joked about going under cover.

Asked if he wouldn't stand out as a 7-foot-1 under-cover agent, he smiled and said, "No. You'll never see me.''

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